Doveton | D E | | Captain | Frontier Wars. SAGS (1) 1878-9 | Diamond Fields Horse |
Doveton | David Edwin | | Major | 1st Battalion
Source: Nominal roll in WO127 | Imperial Light Horse |
Doveton | David Edwin | | Major | Died at Ladysmith, February 14th, 1900, of wounds received in the attack on Wagon Hill, January 6th, 1900. He was mentioned in despatches for his services, by General Sir G White, March 23rd 1900 (LG February 8th, 1900), and again in the despatch of Field Marshal Earl Roberts, LG, April 16th, 1901.
Source: Donner | Imperial Light Horse |
Doveton | Douglas Hodson | 229 | Lieutenant | 1st RPR
Source: Nominal roll in WO127 | Railway Pioneer Regiment |
Doveton | Douglas Hogson | 229 | | Source: Attestation papers. See image on this site. | Railway Pioneer Regiment |
Doveton | F B | | Lieutenant | Frontier Wars. SAGS (1) 1879 | Natal Native Contingent |
Doveton | Percy | 27019 | Sergeant | Source: Nominal roll in WO127 | Prince of Wales Light Horse |
Doveton | Percy | 3010 | Trooper | Source: Nominal roll in WO127 | Kitchener's Horse |
Doveton | R P | | | Source: WO100/285 | Touws River TG |
Doveton | W W | | | Source: Medal roll for the SAGS, 1877-79 | Natal Naval Volunteers |
Doveton | W W | | Lieutenant and Adjutant | Frontier Wars. SAGS (1) 1879. 2nd Battalion | Natal Native Contingent |
Doveton | W W | | Lieutenant | Frontier Wars. SAGS (1) 1877-8-9. 5th Battalion | Natal Native Contingent |
Doveton | William F | | | BSACM Mashonaland 1890 (1) Matabeleland 1893. 1893: Trumpeter Salisbury Horse. Walesbey Taylor Doveton was born in Capetown on 9 February 1873. He served in the British South Africa Company's Police as a Trooper in A Troop with the Pioneer Column into Mashonaland in 1890 and was subsequently discharged in September 1891. He afterwards served as a Trumpeter in the Salisbury Horse during the Matabele war of 1893. He died on or about 29 March 1896, 'murdered by natives between M'duba and Elebeni,' near Inyati in Matabeleland. The 1896 insurrection in Rhodesia commenced on 25 March and the survivors at Inyati were rescued on 29 March by Major Grey of Grey's Scouts. He was a nephew of Admiral of the Fleet Sir Frederick Doveton Sturdee and of the author Sir Henry Ryder Haggard. Sold with detailed research including a copied portrait photograph of Doveton as a young child and a copy of The Dovetons of St. Helena, privately printed, Cape Town, 1973. BSACM reverse Matabeleland 1893 (Trmpr. W. Doveton. Salisbury Horse). DNW September 2017 £1500.
Source: BSACM rolls | British South Africa Police |
Dovey | A | | | 1st Battalion
Source: QSA and KSA medal rolls | Essex Regiment |
Dovey | A | 2134 | Private | Frontier Wars. SAGS (1) 1879 | 1st (Royal) Dragoons |
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